You might remember getting vaccines as a child. But did you know older adults also need vaccines to help prevent certain illnesses? Talk with a doctor or pharmacist about which vaccines are recommended for you. Vaccines can help protect you, and others, from:
- Flu: a virus that can cause fever, chills, sore throat, stuffy nose, headache, and muscle aches.
- Shingles: an infection that affects the nerves and can cause pain, tingling, itching, a rash, and blisters.
- Whooping cough: an illness that causes uncontrollable coughing fits, which can make it hard to breathe.
- Pneumococcal disease: an infection that spreads from person to person by air and often causes pneumonia.
- COVID-19: a respiratory disease that can cause fever, cough, shortness of breath, and other serious health problems.
Learn more about vaccines for older adults.
